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Reducing Poverty, Building Peace

by Christina Kappaz e Coralie Bryant

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 Reducing Poverty, Building Peace looks at poverty from many sides of the spectrum: domestic and global, rich and poor countries. It combines a discussion of theoretical concepts with attention to policies, programs, and projects and the ways they might be designed and implemented to reduce poverty.
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The Economic Life Of Refugees

by Karen Jacobsen

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 Popular images of refugees depict thousands of traumatized people pouring across borders, congregating in camps where relief agencies try to meet their health and food needs in and outside camps. This book explores the economic life of refugees in protracted situations in a variety of settings.
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Working For Change - Making A Career In International Public Service

by Derick W. Brinkerhoff e Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff

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 Derick and Jennifer Brinkerhoff explore career paths in international public service, focusing on development management positions. They offer practical and inspiring guidance on finding the right mix of public service objectives, degree programs, job opportunities, and personal lifestyle choices.
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Fighting Corruption In Developing Countries - Strategies And Analysis

by Bertram Spector

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 Corruption is a worldwide phenomenon, but especially plagues developing countries and those in democratic transition. This collection presents a sector-by-sector analysis of the problems that stunt economic growth, distort governance, limit civic and democratic participation, and infuriate the populace.
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Culture, Development, And Public Administration In Africa

by Greg Andranovich e Ogwo Jombo Umeh

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 Using southern African nations as an example, the authors argue that emerging societies are poor today thanks to the over reliance on non-local models of public administration. Practitioners must consider local cultures - languages, symbols, customs, and rituals - in developing effective administrative practices.
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A Civil Republic - Beyond Capitalism And Nationalism

by Severyn T. Bruyn

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 Severyn T. Bruyn argues that our ability to craft a secure future lies in creating a "civil republic." he envisions a system of governance that merges core human values of civil society into a political economy that has reigned supreme since the end of the Cold War.
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Building Democratic Institutions - Governance Reform In Developing Countries

by G.Shabbir Cheema

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 Bridges the gap between theoretical literature and the tools and practices needed to strengthen or rebuild democratic institutions and reform governance systems. Through case studies and examples of good practices of governance, Cheema assesses the conditions that make democracy work.
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Ritual And Symbol In Peacebuilding

by Lisa Schirch

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 Schirch argues that examples of peacebuilding often center on the serious, rational negotiations and formal problem-solving efforts in conflict situations; but that what truly bonds adversaries and helps achieve peace are the symbolic, non-verbal ritual. Yet these are often overlooked as deliberate components of peace negotiations.
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Ritual And Symbol In Peacebuilding

by Lisa Schirch

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 Schirch argues that examples of peacebuilding often center on the serious, rational negotiations and formal problem-solving efforts in conflict situations; but that what truly bonds adversaries and helps achieve peace are the symbolic, non-verbal ritual. Yet these are often overlooked as deliberate components of peace negotiations.
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The Charity Of Nations - Humanitarian Action In A Calculating World

by Ian Smillie e Larry Minear

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 Ian Smillie and Larry Minear probe the reasons behind governmental and nongovernmental responses to urgent human need. They explain why some crises get the lion's share of attention and resources. Contrasting cases illustrate how foreign policy and domestic politics have shaped what has become the "business" of humanitarianism.
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Creating A Better World - Interpreting Global Civil Society

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 The term 'global civil society' has become a catchphrase of our times. But efforts to define and interpret what global civil society actually is have led to ambiguity and dispute. This major work of scholarship and advocacy pierces through the generalizations and debates.
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Creating A Better World - Interpreting Global Civil Society

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 The term 'global civil society' has become a catchphrase of our times. But efforts to define and interpret what global civil society actually is have led to ambiguity and dispute. This work of scholarship and advocacy pierces through the generalizations and debates.
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Human Rights And Development

by Peter Uvin

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 Advocating a rights-based approach to development, Uvin shows how practitioners in international development can surmount ethical and human rights challenges.
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Human Rights And Development

by Peter Uvin

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 Advocating a rights-based approach to development, Uvin shows how practitioners in international development can surmount ethical and human rights challenges.
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Housing Microfinance - A Guide To Practice

by Franck Daphnis

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 This work gives a comprehensive overview of the new field of housing microfinance practice worldwide. The contributors provide guidance to practitioners and policymakers on what works best, and look at the applicability of developing experience for housing microfinance in the US.
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Housing Microfinance - A Guide To Practice

by Franck Daphnis

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 This work gives a comprehensive overview of the new field of housing microfinance practice worldwide. The contributors provide guidance to practitioners and policymakers on what works best, and look at the applicability of developing experience for housing microfinance in the US.
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Nation-Building Unraveled? - Aid, Peace And Justice In Afghanistan

by Antonio Donini

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 Using Afghanistan as a pivot, this text illustrates how emerging international "ordering" practices affect the role and policy of international actors such as United Nations agencies and international NGOs and their ability to generate just and social outcomes.
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Buddhism At Work

by George D. Bond

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 Globalisation and terror often seem to overshadow the positive potential of community development. In this study of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement in Sri Lanka, the author explains how people can gain economic, political and social empowerment in the face of dramatic change.
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Southern Exposure - International Development And The Global South In The Twenty-First Century

by Thomas-Slayter

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Rural Progress, Rural Decay - Neoliberal Adjustment Policies And Local Initiatives

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 How do rural development programmes, especially those run by non-governmental organisations, cope in a time of structural adjustment programs and economic liberalization? Using Ecuador as a case study, this title explores the adverse consequences of neoliberal macroeconomic policies on equitable development and compares them with experiences elsewhere in the developing world.
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Rural Progress, Rural Decay - Neoliberal Adjustment Policies And Local Initiatives

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 How do rural development programmes, especially those run by non-governmental organisations, cope in a time of structural adjustment programs and economic liberalization? Using Ecuador as a case study, this title explores the adverse consequences of neoliberal macroeconomic policies on equitable development and compares them with experiences elsewhere in the developing world.
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Confronting Globalization - Economic Integration And Popular Resistance In Mexico

by Hilda Salazar

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 NAFTA and the Mexican-US integration process more generally, form a paradigm case for understanding the globalization process. This work shows, through the experience of Mexican communities directly affected by this integration, the dramatic local effects of these changes.
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War And Intervention - A Global Survey Of Peace Operations

by Michael V. (St Antony'S College, Oxford University) Bhatia

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 "War and Intervention" explains how armed forces, aid agencies and transitional administrations in war-affected countries have adapted to the changing circumstances of modern war and conflict, using a broad range of cases to introduce the reader to the dynamics on the ground.
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Better Governance And Public Policy - Capacity Building For Democratic Renewal In Africa

by Dele Olowu

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 Governance is an important term in development policy discourse, yet its relationship to development, institutional reforms and public policy processes remains ambiguous. This book brings together analysis of these issues by scholars and practitioners of African development policy.
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